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Hello friends and welcome to\xa0bonus Equity, the sort of podcast episode where you get even more chat for the same low price of zilch. We are here to ensure a high ROI for your podcasting dollar!\n\nTo cap the week off, Danny and Alex and Chris got together live on Twitter to chat through the demise of the Zoom-Five9 deal. Those of you who remember how recently the deal was announced are likely a little surprised -- how did it fall apart so quickly? Well, a few reasons:\n\nThere could be inherent risk in all-stock transactions provided a rapidly-changing market.\nIt may be the case that Zoom simply did not bid enough for Five9.\nAnd there's a mix of anti-trust and national regulatory issues to the deal that never got fully hammered out.